| Sindre 17:42 - Jan 31 with 6023 views | MillsTash |
Another dull performance from him. So easy to read for defenders every time cuts in on his left and plays it back or to central midfield. Burns should have played the full 90. |  | | |  |
| Sindre on 22:04 - Jan 31 with 1196 views | BloomBlue |
The Preston LB had the pace to stop Burns today, not helped as Burns was only given a couple of passes ahead of him to run onto, but if he had received more that LB was just as fast. |  | | |
| Sindre on 22:09 - Jan 31 with 1175 views | Coastalblue |
I think they probably view/viewed him as a long term investment rather than somebody to help fire us to promotion this year.
Arguably if we had others performing he'd be picking up minutes here and there as he adjusts and develops in a new life.
If we do go up I would imagine that's what would happen next season. |  |
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| Sindre on 22:11 - Jan 31 with 1172 views | algy |
I think he's a better player than he's looked but is being stifled by poor robotic coaching and not had the benefit of having a proper manager skilled in managing people. That's what comes from having a training ground coach in charge. Professional football is as much about what goes on in the head as it is with the feet. |  |
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| Sindre on 00:19 - Feb 1 with 1066 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Sindre on 19:04 - Jan 31 by RegencyBlue |
I don’t think Burns can last 90 yet.
As far as Egeli is concerned I think he will come good in the future but for now I think McAteer has shown more in his brief appearances lately.
Controversial opinion I imagine but ……! |
Not controversial for me. just true. McAteers not getting a chance despite the very obvious need for a pacy ( and my he is when he gets the chance, once in a blue moon ) wide right guy. The only problem is, he has to make just one mistake and it's abuse time, while others get let off lightly. Selective scapegoating you might say. | | | |
| Sindre on 01:18 - Feb 1 with 1036 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Sindre on 22:11 - Jan 31 by algy |
I think he's a better player than he's looked but is being stifled by poor robotic coaching and not had the benefit of having a proper manager skilled in managing people. That's what comes from having a training ground coach in charge. Professional football is as much about what goes on in the head as it is with the feet. |
What a load of nonsense. |  |
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| Sindre on 05:49 - Feb 1 with 946 views | Len_Brennan |
What I don't understand is why he is continually being played on the right hand side; if the argument is that he sees himself as a #10, & McKenna sees him ultimately being a #10, why has he not been played in the central position? What is the logic of always starting him on the right "to learn" a position that he's not "ultimately" going to play for us, when
(a) he is largely ineffective in that position
(b) he constantly cuts back into the middle, offering almost zero width
(c) he doesn't look happy or confident out there, and
(d) we've been struggling to find someone in the squad capable of playing in the very position that he wants to play & that the manager sees as his natural position; having abandoned 2 former Championship golden boot winners in that role, had to move a midfielder forward out of position & now having signed a new player to provide the skills capable of being effective in that central #10 role. | |
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| Sindre on 07:42 - Feb 1 with 913 views | Churchman |
| Sindre on 22:00 - Jan 31 by DJR |
To be fair to him, he did put in a couple of decent crosses near the end.
But Omari Hutchinson joined us at 19 at the start of a season, and by this stage of the season was showing much more promise than Sindre.
Indeed, at the moment I am struggling to see any flashes of the sort of talent you might expect of someone we've paid that much for.
Indeed, if we were promoted, we would presumably have to strengthen in many areas, and I do wonder if we might have to consider sending him out on loan.
Of course, McKenna knows much more than me, so I can only trust that it will all work out well in the end. [Post edited 31 Jan 22:02]
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By this stage of the season, Omari was 20 and playing in a much more settled team than this one (that still had the capacity to lose or draw disappointingly - but let’s not inconveniently remember that). The way teams were playing against us meant Omari had much more freedom to do what he did best, but it still took him half a season to show anything much - as you’d expect.
Sindre is young, new to the team, country and culture. Players do not develop at the same rate and they are not robots. It’s his first season and he looks to be more of a central player to me. He is not an identikit Hutchinson and nor is he playing in a settled team with a properly midfield, Matusiwa apart.
If he is given the space to develop he has all the attributes to be a top player in my view. I saw enough particularly in the first half of the season. The fee paid reflects the level of demand for him and that was there for a reason. |  | | |
| Sindre on 07:47 - Feb 1 with 907 views | TownieRob |
| Sindre on 07:42 - Feb 1 by Churchman |
By this stage of the season, Omari was 20 and playing in a much more settled team than this one (that still had the capacity to lose or draw disappointingly - but let’s not inconveniently remember that). The way teams were playing against us meant Omari had much more freedom to do what he did best, but it still took him half a season to show anything much - as you’d expect.
Sindre is young, new to the team, country and culture. Players do not develop at the same rate and they are not robots. It’s his first season and he looks to be more of a central player to me. He is not an identikit Hutchinson and nor is he playing in a settled team with a properly midfield, Matusiwa apart.
If he is given the space to develop he has all the attributes to be a top player in my view. I saw enough particularly in the first half of the season. The fee paid reflects the level of demand for him and that was there for a reason. |
What attributes do you see that suggest he will be a top player. I'm not suggesting I think you are wrong but I am genuinely interested to hear what you have seen to gain that opinion. | | | |
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| Sindre on 08:10 - Feb 1 with 873 views | Churchman |
| Sindre on 07:47 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
What attributes do you see that suggest he will be a top player. I'm not suggesting I think you are wrong but I am genuinely interested to hear what you have seen to gain that opinion. |
He has size, good awareness and vision of what’s around him, he can pick a pass and he has a shot on him. He doesn’t lack bottle and has a nice little streak of aggression in him.
Sindra is mobile, but lacks raw pace. You can’t put that in. What you can improve is all of the above but more particularly when to give the ball and time runs to hurt the opposition the most. He was doing a little of that earlier in the season. At the moment he has a lot of developing to do and wide right isn’t his best position.
I’ve only seen him live in home games and that’s my view. My prediction is that subject to avoiding injury, he will go on to play for better club(s) than this one and will make it a lot of money one day.
My concern is not him, but the midfield. That is where our weakness is, especially without Nunez. | | | |
| Sindre on 08:32 - Feb 1 with 850 views | TownieRob |
| Sindre on 08:10 - Feb 1 by Churchman |
He has size, good awareness and vision of what’s around him, he can pick a pass and he has a shot on him. He doesn’t lack bottle and has a nice little streak of aggression in him.
Sindra is mobile, but lacks raw pace. You can’t put that in. What you can improve is all of the above but more particularly when to give the ball and time runs to hurt the opposition the most. He was doing a little of that earlier in the season. At the moment he has a lot of developing to do and wide right isn’t his best position.
I’ve only seen him live in home games and that’s my view. My prediction is that subject to avoiding injury, he will go on to play for better club(s) than this one and will make it a lot of money one day.
My concern is not him, but the midfield. That is where our weakness is, especially without Nunez. |
All fair points and I respect your views.
I don't quite see it, not yet at least. All those things you mentioned I acknowledge but I don't think he does any of those things well enough to be an 18m player. In my opinion we didn't need a project for the RW, we needed someone to come in and hit the ground running as Burns was out. Especially with KM not firing also.
The first time I saw Omari despite him being a little lightweight I saw potential star quality. I just don't see that with Sindre. I hope I'm wrong. | | | |
| Sindre on 08:33 - Feb 1 with 850 views | RichOBlue |
What I don’t understand is how McKenna is dealing with him, when Omari came in no matter how well he did when he came on or started generally McKenna would still start him on the bench as an impact sub and from what we’ve seen he’s not in the same league as Omari!
He looks technically sound but knowwhere near the intensity required for the championship |  |
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| Sindre on 08:42 - Feb 1 with 815 views | Churchman |
| Sindre on 08:32 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
All fair points and I respect your views.
I don't quite see it, not yet at least. All those things you mentioned I acknowledge but I don't think he does any of those things well enough to be an 18m player. In my opinion we didn't need a project for the RW, we needed someone to come in and hit the ground running as Burns was out. Especially with KM not firing also.
The first time I saw Omari despite him being a little lightweight I saw potential star quality. I just don't see that with Sindre. I hope I'm wrong. |
I don’t think he will be playing RW too much longer.
When I saw Hutchinson initially (half a season) I thought lightweight and ineffectual, albeit talented. A here today, gone tomorrow player who looked to have a mopey demeanour about him too. Was not impressed. I thought he’d be sent back at Christmas.
Obviously I was totally wrong in just about all of that as he worked so hard to become a top player. I still see Hutchinson as a wide player, but I don’t see Sindra in that role. They’re different players. | | | |
| Sindre on 08:58 - Feb 1 with 789 views | EddyJ |
Its the usual problem with Ashton's recruitment...
He is far more interested in signing players with a high potential sale price than he is signing players that will benefit the team now.
As a result, our team looks like an odd collection of talented but selfish players shoehorned into positions that don't suit them. [Post edited 1 Feb 8:58]
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| Sindre on 08:59 - Feb 1 with 777 views | TownieRob |
| Sindre on 08:42 - Feb 1 by Churchman |
I don’t think he will be playing RW too much longer.
When I saw Hutchinson initially (half a season) I thought lightweight and ineffectual, albeit talented. A here today, gone tomorrow player who looked to have a mopey demeanour about him too. Was not impressed. I thought he’d be sent back at Christmas.
Obviously I was totally wrong in just about all of that as he worked so hard to become a top player. I still see Hutchinson as a wide player, but I don’t see Sindra in that role. They’re different players. |
Thankfully football is all about differing opinions. It would be boring if we all had the same!
I keep hearing Egeli is a '10', his best position is central etc but what is this based on? Some highlights of him v Iceland U16's or youngsters vs old'uns in a 5's game at the end of training? He's clearly not a RW and continually being played there with zero to little effect so it could be said playing him there is doing far more worse than good, so who is that on? Is he being poorly managed?
Project or no project. RW or central striker. 18m is huge money and as things stand it looks an expensive call. | | | |
| Sindre on 09:11 - Feb 1 with 755 views | Churchman |
| Sindre on 08:59 - Feb 1 by TownieRob |
Thankfully football is all about differing opinions. It would be boring if we all had the same!
I keep hearing Egeli is a '10', his best position is central etc but what is this based on? Some highlights of him v Iceland U16's or youngsters vs old'uns in a 5's game at the end of training? He's clearly not a RW and continually being played there with zero to little effect so it could be said playing him there is doing far more worse than good, so who is that on? Is he being poorly managed?
Project or no project. RW or central striker. 18m is huge money and as things stand it looks an expensive call. |
The club paid the going rate for him. Others were after him, allegedly, so assuming that’s true Is it a huge fee given transfer inflation which is making prices of even two years ago look silly? Price reflects demand and what you can afford and are willing to pay.
Wiki says in his yoof he was a prolific striker. Even at a higher level he was a one in three player and given the shot he has on him I’m not surprised. He just looks to have the attributes to play centrally - but what do I know. Just a perception. | | | |
| Sindre on 09:21 - Feb 1 with 736 views | mrshallisfit |
| Sindre on 08:58 - Feb 1 by EddyJ |
Its the usual problem with Ashton's recruitment...
He is far more interested in signing players with a high potential sale price than he is signing players that will benefit the team now.
As a result, our team looks like an odd collection of talented but selfish players shoehorned into positions that don't suit them. [Post edited 1 Feb 8:58]
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Good concise post. Hits nails on head. | | | |
| Sindre on 09:29 - Feb 1 with 720 views | SWLondonBlue93 |
Can't make my mind up on Sindre. He is young of course and you can see some raw attributes there, but a lot of games have passed him by while making no real impact. You see some comments along the lines of "he won't be a RW much longer", if that's so obvious then why play him there now?
What I suspect has happened is McAteer was signed as a reliable "safe bet" for the RW position, giving Sindre the opportunity to ease into English football, but that hasn't worked out. Fingers crossed his season ends up similar to Omari in 23/24. | | | |
| Sindre on 09:31 - Feb 1 with 713 views | Churchman |
| Sindre on 08:58 - Feb 1 by EddyJ |
Its the usual problem with Ashton's recruitment...
He is far more interested in signing players with a high potential sale price than he is signing players that will benefit the team now.
As a result, our team looks like an odd collection of talented but selfish players shoehorned into positions that don't suit them. [Post edited 1 Feb 8:58]
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So are you saying players are signed without McKenna’s say so/approval? Yes or no.
It’s the way top clubs operate, including Man City, but if your answer is yes, McKenna and Ashton have lied to the supporters when describing the recruitment process. | | | |
| Sindre on 09:32 - Feb 1 with 706 views | Blue_Heath |
| Sindre on 09:29 - Feb 1 by SWLondonBlue93 |
Can't make my mind up on Sindre. He is young of course and you can see some raw attributes there, but a lot of games have passed him by while making no real impact. You see some comments along the lines of "he won't be a RW much longer", if that's so obvious then why play him there now?
What I suspect has happened is McAteer was signed as a reliable "safe bet" for the RW position, giving Sindre the opportunity to ease into English football, but that hasn't worked out. Fingers crossed his season ends up similar to Omari in 23/24. |
What is his supposed best position? His stats internationally look great where does he play then? McKenna has this desire to play players OOP like he did with Hutchinson at times. Put square pegs in square holes rather than trying to be clever.
He's a young lad in a foreign country was always likely he'd be very inconsistent. The coaches need to beef him up a bit too and train to go outside as well as inside if they are going to keep him on the wing. | |
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| Sindre on 09:34 - Feb 1 with 697 views | DJR |
| Sindre on 07:42 - Feb 1 by Churchman |
By this stage of the season, Omari was 20 and playing in a much more settled team than this one (that still had the capacity to lose or draw disappointingly - but let’s not inconveniently remember that). The way teams were playing against us meant Omari had much more freedom to do what he did best, but it still took him half a season to show anything much - as you’d expect.
Sindre is young, new to the team, country and culture. Players do not develop at the same rate and they are not robots. It’s his first season and he looks to be more of a central player to me. He is not an identikit Hutchinson and nor is he playing in a settled team with a properly midfield, Matusiwa apart.
If he is given the space to develop he has all the attributes to be a top player in my view. I saw enough particularly in the first half of the season. The fee paid reflects the level of demand for him and that was there for a reason. |
That's fair enough and I realise that Omari was a little bit older but I saw Omari in his first game in the friendly against Luton, and whilst his decision-making was poor, it was clear that he had both great skill and pace.
Thus far I haven't seen something which shows so much promise from Sindre but I do appreciate he is new to things and not playing in his favoured position. Having said that, if it is No.10 that is his position, he seems to have dropped down the order with the arrival of Mehmeti.
Maybe the plan is to get promoted and then send him out on loan to a Championship club because it's difficult to see him getting up to speed for the Premier League if we don't play him in his best position. [Post edited 1 Feb 12:40]
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| Sindre on 12:35 - Feb 1 with 595 views | Whos_blue |
| Sindre on 20:57 - Jan 31 by billlm |
He's rubbish out there I could defend against him all day long,
Take burns off mcateer on all day long wtf is McKenna seeing, |
No you couldn't. |  |
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| Sindre on 13:07 - Feb 1 with 569 views | EddyJ |
| Sindre on 09:31 - Feb 1 by Churchman |
So are you saying players are signed without McKenna’s say so/approval? Yes or no.
It’s the way top clubs operate, including Man City, but if your answer is yes, McKenna and Ashton have lied to the supporters when describing the recruitment process. |
I have no idea as to the exact details. I imagine Ashton and McKenna both have to agree to the signings. Perhaps some choices are more one and more the other.
But, Bristol fans had this exact complaint about Ashton, suggesting it’s the way he personally operates. | | | |
| Sindre on 13:24 - Feb 1 with 541 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Sindre on 18:33 - Jan 31 by itfcsuth |
Ineffective. £20m record Championship signing. Good lord.
Somebody needs sacking for our recruitment in the past 18 months. [Post edited 31 Jan 18:34]
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Most depressing thread in a while. He's one of the best prospects in Europe outside of the top clubs and we've attracted him here. Done fantastic for a young kid up to now and got a transfer to us.
He's hot and cold. He has some development to do in terms of the physical demands in England. But his ability looks fantastic. Ffs give him a bit of time!!
The entitlement and expectation that a kid coming over from Denmark should just be ripping up the Champ immediately is nothing short of ridiculous. Yes he cost a lot of money. But it's an investment on his big big potential. | |
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| Sindre on 13:57 - Feb 1 with 487 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Sindre on 13:24 - Feb 1 by Nutkins_Return |
Most depressing thread in a while. He's one of the best prospects in Europe outside of the top clubs and we've attracted him here. Done fantastic for a young kid up to now and got a transfer to us.
He's hot and cold. He has some development to do in terms of the physical demands in England. But his ability looks fantastic. Ffs give him a bit of time!!
The entitlement and expectation that a kid coming over from Denmark should just be ripping up the Champ immediately is nothing short of ridiculous. Yes he cost a lot of money. But it's an investment on his big big potential. |
I think some expected immediate of ripping the championship. E
I think most expected a clear development path and would witness such development. I dont think its wrong to say he doesnt look any better now than he did when he joined. Again thats not a slight on egeli himself and I know the role hes playing he was doing abroad but its a different level. And similar to our sammy s issue. What he did at his club doesnt seem to suit him in ours. |  |
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| Sindre on 14:00 - Feb 1 with 487 views | nrb1985 |
| Sindre on 08:58 - Feb 1 by EddyJ |
Its the usual problem with Ashton's recruitment...
He is far more interested in signing players with a high potential sale price than he is signing players that will benefit the team now.
As a result, our team looks like an odd collection of talented but selfish players shoehorned into positions that don't suit them. [Post edited 1 Feb 8:58]
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"He is far more interested in signing players with a high potential sale price than he is signing players that will benefit the team now"
This is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen on here.
Profits on player trading pale into complete insignificance compared to the riches of getting back to the Premier League. Given the fact he's a shareholder himself as well as CEO, I can pretty much assure you he does care about the here and now. | | | |
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